[Jeff Pahl]

Originally Posted by tomy

srry for sounding stupid but our electrical mentor will not be here tonight

so we need 12 gauge wire then?

based on this

http://www.134team.org/docs/frcManual/GameRobot4.pdf

Originally Posted by MCahoon

The real decision is made by the robot inspector at a regional,....

Which very possibly will be me...

Refer to <R44> on page 24 of the document you linked to (and you probably want to start referring to a copy from the usfirst.org server to make sure you are always using an up to date copy) if the ring light is connected to a 20A breaker on the power distribution board, then it can be connected with 18AWG wiring.

Run the 18AWG wire up to a point close to the light, and then splice to the wires that are part of the light. Make sure you use a mechanically robust connection, such as a crimp butt splice, soldering, or the terminal strip from the KOP (which you can cut down for just the number of terminals you need).